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VOLUME XXVIII.
WILSON, Ni C JUNE :iO, 1 898.
NUMBER 26.
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THE HEW PENSION LIST.
A Method Which Minimizes the
Danger of Frauds.
BYSTELI OF AEMY AND NAVYEOLES
The Hospital Kecords of the Navy ami
, How They Arc Kept Efforts to Recover
Old Medical Journal The Practice In '
the Army Severe Physical Examination '
of Volunteers.
Although the present war is bound" to
add materially to tho size of our pension
list, it is some consolation to know that
the experience gained by tho war and
navy departments during the civil war
has' borne fruit in such record -systems
as to minimize for. tho futuro the danger
of pension frauds. Necessarily, owing
to the character and distribution of tho
service, tho navy has a nioro coin pie to.
system of keeping the medical record.-:
of its men than, the army.
In the navy men who have hospital
records arc serving either on shipboard
or at one of the yards, docks rr sta
tions. Attached to every ship with a
Jargo enough complement cf nen to
warrant it there is a medical oiticer or
an apothecary. To hinis intrusted tho
business of keeping the medical record
of that vessel. It is kept in a book call
ed a-jounial, in which are entered the
name, description and ailment of every
man requiring medical or surgical at
tendance and a very complete account,
I ! A . 11 Jl.fi.i A , till
of his trouble and its treatment. All
journals when finished are filed' at tho
surgeon general's office in Washington,
where they are supplemented bv a card
index, so that it takes only a minute or
two to get at the medical history of any
man on any ship.
If a man is sent to a shore hospital.
he takes with him a sheet called a tick
et, on which are entered his name, de
scriptive list, disease, etc,, aucl to these'
is appended a memorandum showing
the clothing and personal effects which
came with him to the. haspitai, and
which aro dono up in a lag with his
hammock and preserved for return to
him "when he is discharged. An abstract .
of his enlistment papers aecomparm
these details, bo that tho identification
of the man lacks ho practical element
of completeness, and an attempt by an
Impostor to palm himself off as a sailor
with a hospital record would be v try
likely to' fail through ,his inability to
answer some of the questions which
might bo asked him after reference to
his ticket.
lo tho ticket tho medical olacer m
charge of tho ward appends the history
of the case from day to day and if it is
of sufficient importance accompanies tho
written text with a temperature chart'
and other technical data of that sort.
These papers aro-. forwarded t Wash
ington, where at the close of a year they
are j bound and go upon the shelves cf
the surgeon general's office, with a card
index for instant reference, When an
inquiry comes in from the pension office
or from a committee of congress and a
man's record is searched in the surgeon
general's office, the response cf the of.
fice is run through the copying press, ho
copy is jacketed and properly indorsed
and a card index eiUry made cf it, and
it then put into Its proper place in a
file case to- facilitate tho next search
which may have to be made against the
same name.
On vessel vhoro iio surgeon or apoth
ecary is employed such as t ugs, b;iats
fuF transporting supplies and 'the like
the officer in command is furnished
with a pad of blank forms, on which he
makes his entries covering the health
of the men under him. These he tears
oif as fast as filled and sends to the sur
geon general's ofnqer'w, here they aro
filed like t lie reports from medical olh-
cers. The completeness of this system
leaves no -ship in the entiro navy with
out some officer responsible for reports
on the ailments or wounds of. the ineu,
and no man without a record in the
surgeon general's office if he has had
any need of, medical services while
afloat. f
Mention of ' thoships" medical jour
rials" would not be completo without a
reference to one important lesson taught
by the experience, of the civil war. It
will be recalled that a large number of
civilians 'were drawn into the naval
medical service at that time as acting
assistant surgeons. It was hard to make
some of them understand where their
personal rights ceased and tho tights of
the government began". Not a fewas
Kifmed that the medical journals which
they kept belonged to them as indi
viduals after their immediate use dur
ing tho war had ended. Thev earned
the books 'off, therefore, some keeping
them simply as souvenirs, others using
them for reference in their private prac
tice or in writing papers for medical
conventions or tho scientific press, while
others still turned them to pecuniary ad
vantage by selling their contents piece
meal to applicants for pensions whose
records were contained in these books.
The navy department has made per
sisteut efforts to recover all the records
of the civil war and complete its files.
Wherever it could ascertain that a phy
sician who had returned lo -private life
had -a medical, .journal pf a ship in his
possession it -would write to him re
questing the restoration rf the vol true.'
In the largest r umber of instan-es tho
requej-t was more or" less promptly com
plied with, but here and there would bo
found a nmh rcsnlvrd tci hold on to hi.i
booty as long as he could. In uch in
stances recourse was bad to . the depart
ment of j tke. the attorney general
sending tin; oLstinaf-ul-ctor a letter 'offi
cially warning him- that unless ho .re-'
turned lhe ! goveriini nt's property with-
out di lay proceedings would bo insti
tuted against him in thi United SUtet
court of his district. This rather sh.irj
reminder t's'i uitllv biul an iin:::ohate t?i-
O
Beantha
Signature
Cf
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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test. There are some volumes. However,;
.Which are known to have existed, but
cf which tho department can obtain no
trace.
In the army there is necessarily a
considerable difference between rh
practice in time of war and that in time
of peace with respect to hospital records, j
In time of peace a duplicate record is
kept of tho sickness an-.l wounds of sol I
diors at the several posts. The medical !
officers at the posts forward their data '
to the chief surgeon at the headquarters
of the department within whose juris
diction the posts come, and oncoa month
the department's chief surgeon make?!
up a report in duplicate combining all
the particulars which had been sent
him from the several posts, files one
copy at his own headquarters and for-
1.. il. . Al
wains me ouier copy to tne surgeon
general in Washington, who Indexes it
and is thus able to answer nnftsrinns
sent to him from the pension office and
from the record and pension division oi
tho war department. Here again we find
evidence of the lessons learned from the
experience of the civil war. From time
to time the past surgeons are bothered
with rules for the accumulation of addi
tional data required by the surgeon gen-
eral's office and complain loudly of tho
rca tane system which throws so much
needless additional work upon their
shoulders. As a matter of fact, how
ever, there is no red tape involved tn
the matter. Each of the additional data
is called for simply , because, in the ad
justment ot pension claims at Washing
ton, some new feature has arisen which
shows the necessity for a niore elaborate
inquiry into the cases of si6k and
wounded men in the hospital.'
In the present war, when very few
soldiers aro left at the domestic? posts
and all the work of any account is
transferred to the field, the system of
duplicate reports is exchangad for an
other which accomplishes practically
the same purpose by slightly different
means. The medical organization by
regiments, as it exists while the men
are recruiting and in muster camp; ia
merged into a corps and division organ
ization when they reach the field. The
chief surgeon of the corps corresponds
in' his general functions to the chief sur
geon at the headquarters of the depart
ment in time of peace. He has charge
of the full medical equipment of the
corps while a subordinate officer, with
perhaps, a hospital steward and a pri
vate ot the hospital corns to act as an
orderly, has charge of the regiment.
Between these extremes come the chief
surgeons of divisions and brigade sur
geons, lhe regimental othcer prescribes
for the petty ills of the men which do
not requiro any considerable treatment.
If a man is so ill or has received such a
svound as to need serious hospital treat
ment, ho is turned over to the custody
of the chief- surgeon of the division."
Tho - regimental officer who makes this
oisposal cf the caso and the chief sur-
geon of the division to whom the re
sponsibility of the case is transferred
both report on the case. The one report
is thus a check upon the other, and tho
department has the hospital record of
the man quite as completely in war
time as in time of peace.
But this is not all. Much complaint
has been heard from poorly informed
outsiders "against the rigidity of the
physical examination through which
yolunteer officers and men have been
nut since the present war began. Thia
is an ill considered criticism. The ex
aminations have been severe, but they
have been the government s great safe
guard against future fraud on the pen
siou roll. There is the best of reasons
for believiner that they, will be supple
mented try another examination made
of, eaeli individual soldier before hd is
mustered out of the federal service; If
a man is in sound condition when ho
receives his discharge from the army, it
will do;.- him no good to come baokten
years afterward with a claim for a pen
sion on -'the ground of disability result-
imr from active service.- New York
Post. i;; . ''
V C R t F U 'i. t.
V yields to inv i .
Of. ilooiPs Sa: II
Ciixcs have ! " 4 -'
WHISKY FOR
i;n' worst form
cleansing power
..i. 'J iioiisauds. of
tiy CURED.
THE ARMY,
Kentucky Distillers Propose to Send Fifty
Thousand OnL, Urink liottles to Cuba.
;Tho Kentucky distillers propose to
send 50,000 bottles of whisky to Cuba
for tlib American soldiers when they oc
cupy tho island. Whisky will abjo bo
forwarded to the army of occupation in
Puerto Rico and perhaps to Manilla if
it can ho transported. ,
Some time ago Colonel Thomas H,
Shirley, after A-ears of experimenting,
made a small bottle which holds one
drink. It is bottles cf this kind, filled
with tho best product of the state that
will be presented-to the soldiers. In the
hot countries co be invaded, Keutueki-
ans arsue. the soldiers will need small
doses of bourbon to make them fight
The old story of Grant and Lincoln and
tho whisky is recited in support of the
plan.
The plan has not yet been put into
operation, but whisky men out in the
state are pushing it. The plan is for
each distillery to contribute a barrel of
its best make. This will furnish whis
ky for medical and , fighting purpose;!
fur the entire ru'iny. Lxi-hango.
A Free Luuch Sn;rsrstion.
The Fhilipfhio islands are - 7,000
miles from out caUan cU.t. " Hawaii
iu 2,000 miles. If we should conclude
to permanently hold the Philippines,
W tho Hawaiian archipelago would then
j indeed justify its right to tne name of
! Sandwich Islands. St. Louis Republic
' lli li- f Id S x !l-iirH . k
, Distressing Kidney and Hladdt-r dis
ease relieved in six hours by "-New
- CiK KAT " S l",T!l yMKR!CAN KlDNEY
Crki-." It is a great surprise mi ac
(iMin' of its vxrtrdirur pr mutness in
n ing,pa:v. in b!aUl-f. kid,i- v ' -ajul
;iek. in nia'f r fei'valc- ,Ke i v s re-
j.tk-nti n of- W 'ter almost nHm- li;ilely.
t I' v.i want q iic': clu f -and vure this
Sold bv 1
' I son; N. C.
E. P. Nndal. Druggist, Wil-
TEN CENT TAX ON TEA1
PROPOSED PLAN TO RAISE MONEY
FOR THE WAR. "
New tor!. Importers-See Little Troflt Fob
The in tie Ives In li Think the Retailer'!
Gains Would lie LessThe Consumer
Would Get Off Lightly. '.''!
New York ton importers say that it
tho jowi-iiui' lit needs 10.000.000 t.i
help carry on the war the money can bo
raised in no more simple way than by
putting a duty of 10 cents a pound oil
tea, as is proposed by Senator Tillman'
amendment to the war revenue bill.
South Carolina, by the way, grows tea
the output is one-fifty-thousandth of
the country's consumption but no one
accuses tho Carolina senator cf a desire
to protect this infant industry at the
expense of millions of Americans who
have never heard of Carolina tea aiicl
probably .never will. ... j
The importers estimate that we will
import this year about 100,000,000
pounds of tea, Japan sending us 43,;-
000,000; China,
18;000,"000, and
27,000,000; Formosa,
India and Ceylon, 12j-
000,000. Last year the import was 1 13,
000,000 pounds, ah increase of nearly
20, 000, 000. over the 189G import, de
spite the fact that a new law had gene
into effect, shutting out of the ccfnntry
millions cf pounds cf tea below a fixed
Standard, The average cost abroad of
the tea imported here last year was 13
cents a pound. The import of coffeo wan
738,000,000 ppunds, tho average valuo
being a trifle more than 11 cents
pound. ,
The Japanese minister at Washington
makes this argument in his formal pro
test; against tho levying of a duty on
tea. The importers, he says, have "dis
counted tho duty" and will have such
a large amount of tea on hand before
July 1, the day when the war revenue
bill will become a. law, that little will
be imported during the year, and the
government will not receive the expect
ed revenue. If this were possible, Japan
would not be affected by the duty, and
all the minister's arguments against tho
duty would be uncalled tor, but the
market conditions are the reverse.
The amount' of last year s tea crop
left over in the United States was un
usually small, and the total import
Pf
the new crop will not reach 15,000,000
pounds before the end of June. A duty
on tea would affect nearly the entire
import of the year. The tea season opens
ixl April, and tho shipments begin in
May. The import is about the same
month by month. Already, in anticipa
tion of the proposed duty, the cost bf
tea m the foreign market has gone down,
and here, in the wholesale market, lit
has gone up. The retail trade is not af
fectedi Many importers and jobbers be
lieve the duty would have little eff ebt
on the price to the consumer.
"The tea merchants aro making 100
per cent profit now," caid a New York
importer recently, and his statement
was backed up by a number of the lead
ing importers. "Raising tho.whplesalo
price of tea would make the retailer';)
profit less and porhaps deter hini froim
giving away a set of dishes with a half
pound of tea. I do not think tea which
now retails at 40 Or 50 cents a pound
would sell for any more. The very
cheap grades would ' probably go up
few cents a pound, a thing which would
naturally cause a better demand fax
higher grades of tea. Japan has some
reason for objecting to the duty, because
it leaves coffee on the free list. The tea
importers would like to see the duty pjut
on both articles. A 10 cent duty on cof
fee would bring an enormous revenue,
over $50, 000, 000,, allowing for a big
falling off in the import. Butit mayjbo
true that tea is more of a luxury than
coffee and ought to be faxed first. I jdq
not anticipate that the duty would in
crease tho consumption of coffoe at tho
expense of tea, although some men; in
the trade do not agree with me. Specu
lation is little heard of. There is mot
enough tea in the country to furnish a
basis for speculation. What few im
porters and jobbers ; have tea on hand
wiil of course be able to make a little
money, but the whole amount will hot
be very large. The tea trade doesn't ask
for a duty on tea, but if the government
needs the money I guess we can stand
it." New York Sun.
A Florida Editor' View.
This is a Florida editor's view of the
war:
"The colossal Don Quixote prances
-wpon'his fiery and untamed Rosiuante,
exciting the gayety of all nations and
. winning easily the jackass pennant, j In
the meantime tho tortured bull laughs
at the matadore and bellows at the sun
burst ctf blood that has for ages drench
ed hell's earthly arena. " Atlanta Con
stitutiou. s
: ""' Men of the Merriinac. -Hurrah
for the men cf tho Merrimae,
Who slcnijied4lnough the gate cf hell,!
Who, knowing tut y never might Lope to
come Lack,
Crept into, the range cf shot and shell,
Each with a prayer upon his lips
And awaiting the shock he knew
Must soon or late decide his fate
Hurrah for that gallant crew!
Honor the men of the Merrimae,
Who placed their lives at stake.
Who yi-.vv up all as I heir '; u?v foil Ijaek
Alon:; lhe vessel's wake, '
Who knew when they 1 cached the channel
That they never might--journey thiouh,
Yet Lore ahead wlieie 'tho Ueuih hue ledh
" Hurrah foi ihal noiile crew!
Hurrah for the men of tho Merritouu,
Who were -cap! uied Ly the fee,-
Who, knowing they might never hofe to t
back.
Went wheu ihcy v. ere told to go!
- Sho placed ihcif Ijvea on the fcltar.
As the t ariyi's v.eie wont "to doi
hti o's tiown. from the leader down.
For eiuh i.l the Mcrrimac's crew! .
SE. Kiter in Cleveland Leader..
Weary wives, mothers, 'and daiigh
ters tired nurses, watchers, and help
tired wnint n of all c'asstsh(juld
take .y r'.-, Sar.-apa ilia. It is lhe Hind
thov iii-t i! to yive Dure-blood, hrnv
nerves, bouyan' spirits, and rtfrt-s:l iig
cln - "There is - no - tonic' eiual U
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. . "' ' '-
Dr. MeCee Is the Dorothea Di3 of Our War
With Spain.
Some .weeks ago Surgeons General
Van Key pen of the navy and Sterulerg
of the army intrusted the selection of
nurses to a volunteer committee'of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
consisting of Dr. Anita Newcomb Mc
G ee, . M iss M ary Deshit, a clerk in the
pension oHce, r.nd Mrs. Nash, the wife
cf a- homerpathic physician in Wash
ington, lb-eve ladies have since been
sitting r.sal .' ardcf examiners and have
invest i rated iLe physic-al and profession
al qualh'kntkus of about 1,500 women
from all part--' cf the country who have
-tendered th-ir services.' The rulos are
-v f,5fc
' ' ' 4 1 ' : ! ,S
DR. AX IT A N M'GKE
very strict, iucy require that nurses
require that-
must be between 30 and 50 years of age,
in perfect physical condition, without
family ties, and an experience of not
"less than one year in some hospital or
as an attendant to some regular practi
tioner of medicine. Those who have
diplomas from medical institutions cr
schools for the training of nurses stand
the best chance of appointment. Up to
this time . only about 50 have been- se
lected, and it is not believed that any
more will be necessary at present. They
have been senf to the naval hospital at
Key West and the army headquarters
at Tampa. -
During the war of the rebellion Dor
othea Dix was the generalissimo of
nurses at the headquarters of the army,
and Dr. McGee has been studying her
experience with great interest. Only one
of the rules which -Miss Dix strictly en
forced has. been rejected by Dr. McGee,
and that will no dftibt t.e a gratification
to ruany.sick soldiers. Miss Dix exclud
ed, all good looking women from the
hospitals. An" ugly, face to. her was a
strong recoii-mendatien. .Mrs. McGee,
being anV uncommonly pretty woman
herself, indignantly, repudiates tho idea
that pretty faces ure-out of place amid
scenes of su.V. rU'.g. Moreover, she takes
the ground 'that, women who have been
mothers and have raited boys are more
likely to be useful thau old maids. Miss
Dix thought differently, i ho had a dif
ferent point of view. She was never mar
ried, while Dr. McGee was- a wife at
18 and a mother at 1J) years of ago. Sho
is the daugher of Professor Simon New
comb, the famous astronomer, and the
wife of Professor W. J. McGee, who is
equally famous as an ethnologist. She
is a graduate of a medical college and
finds time to receive patients at her
home on Columbia heights, although
she does not accept much outdoor prac
tice. William E. Curtis in Chicago
Record.
v The Iiandicap -of Fame.
Dewey's doom is inevitable. Even the
boys are naming themselves for the hero
i f Manilla. Cincinnati - Commercial
t elegraph.
NAVAL OFFICERS.
Only a
Few of Them Were Appointed
From Southern States.
The southern states will be in exceed
ing good luck if they succeed in getting
a naval Jiero out of the present war.
This fact does not result from any lack
of heroism in southern blood, but is
merely an incident of the ci il war.
Nearly all the officers of tho naw in the
.higher grades now were in service dur
ing the civil war; Naturally but few of
those who staid in the servico of the
United States at that time were ap
pointed from states south of Mason and
Dixon's line. Thesere the officers, who
aro now in important places of com
mand and the ones in positions to make
great names as naval commanders.
Acting Admiral Dewey is a Yer
monter, and Captain " Sampson, who
may be proclaimed a great hero any day
if he has the good fortune to meet the
Spanish fleet, was appointed from New
York. Ifcso happens that Rear Admiral
Kirklancl, who heads the list of officers
of his grade, was appointed from North
Carolina, while Rear Admiral Mat
thews, the last on the list, was appoint
ed from Missouri. Only one commodore
was appointed from a southern state,
and that was a state on the border
where there was a tremendous Union
sentiment. Of the 45 captains in the
navy only three are from southern states,
they all being from the '"border state of
Kentucky. There are 85 commanders in
the navy. Two of them were appointed
from Virgin:.!, four from Kentucky and
three from Missouri. Tho others aro all
from northern or western states There
are 74 lieu-en-ait commanders, all from
states north of Mascu and Dixon's line
except two irom
Missouri, one from
South Carol in a. one fro
11 Kentucky and
one fro
1 a ::.-:issippi
The present grade
of lieutenant
entered tliv ;
war. r.nd i
is
made
un of men who
rviiO after t
close of the
ed- iroiii alJ
parts of the e uw.i, tj tre all ; tie low
er grades.--Washington Star.-j
Why all .vv vr.r-"t 'f to lit w'v tor
tured at the s.t:i!A-.f di-;.s ? ("hills
anf' ' . 1
: 11 y bn
Miliau
r wis
uhih-rnviie. :n ' eventu
al; down ih" ..trotg-s- consti
"FKHK! CUR A' (Sweet Chill
Tonic of Iron) is more t fTt cti e jban
Otiinine and b i:;y combined with Irorr
is an exrHb nl ? o iir m:d r ie Med
irine.
It .is ; le sant In tr:
-.-
is
sold
uiT'er positive guarantee to cure or
nwiney refunded. V Acct pt- no .-suhsti-tu'es.
The "just as go6d.kind don't
effect cures. Sol T bv tt. V. H.irfrr.i e.
HE PUERTO RICANS.
MR. R. H. TODD
DESIRE FOl
TELLS OF
I FREEDOM.
THEIR
They Arc Willing to Fl&ht For It if Neces
sary Their Severe Yoke of Heavy Taxes.
What the Natives Want How They Col-,
lect and Hide Ammunition.
In a recent interview Mr. R. H. Todd,
general secretary pf the Puerto Rican
junta in New York, says: -
"The natives of Puerto Rico look to
the successful issuo rf tho war with
! feelings of delight. They know that
when the forces of Uncle Sam have
j whipped Spain the independence of
j Puerto Rico ' will soon follow. The
; Puerto Ricans hate the Spaniards every
i whit as much as the Cubans did before
j they decided to take up arms. They feel
the yoke more heavily, for various rea
sons, than the Cubans did before their
war began. There has always been 4
sympathetic sentiment between the peo
ple of. the two islands, and long before
tho Cuban war began the Puerto Rico
junta had tho solemn pledge of the Cu
ban leaders that the moment Cuba had
established her independence sho would
turn all her energies toward aiding the
Puerto Ricans to drive the hated Span
iard from fris last possession in the west
ern hemisphere. Patriotic Puerto Ricans
in New York often privately urged theii
people to openly rebel as Cnba did, but
the fact of the island being so small
comparatively made an uprising im
practicable. No success could be expect
ed by a poorly equipped force of insur
gents against an army of thoroughly
drilled Spanish soldiers.
"The yoke the Puerto Ricans feel so
bitterly is the heavy taxes they are com
pelled to pay' to Spain, for which' they
receive little in return. The taxes last
year, amounted to nearly $0, 000, 000
from Puerto Rico. For this amount paid
to Spain the island did not have a dol
lar spent on public improvements other
than in fortifications. Fancy how you
people in America would feel if you
were compelled to pay $5, 000, 000 every
year for the expense of sustaining an
army of snobby foreigners to insult you
every day of. the year. And you must
remember that this $5, 000, 000 in Puerto
Rico is paid by only 800,000 people,
But even if we were not trodden on by
the hated Spanish government we all
realize that an island like Puerto Rico
can never be developed commercially as
a tail end ofa decaying and impoverish
ed monarchy like Spain. "She must be
free to do as she pleases in importing
American or other foreign capital for
the development of her rich resources.
"What we want in Puerto Rico and
what wo expect will be the outcome of
the war is, first, that Spain will receive
her just punishment for barbarous treat'
ment of her own children, and in the
second place that if we are not annexed
to the United States there will at least
be established a form of government
that will allow us an interchange of
perpetual good fellowship with out
mighty brother so near to our hearts.
The Spanish are well aware of the ha
tred the Puerto Ricans bear toward them
on account of their odious misrule, , and
they know also that the natives of the
island are simply waiting for the signal
to take up arms and attack the forces ol
Spain. But the Spaniards realize that
the small area of Puerto Rico and the
general absence of sheltering forests and
mountain passes niake an insurrection
of the natives an utter absurdity under
present conditions. It must be remem
r bered that the Cubans have . extensive
forests and mountain strongholds in
which to shelter themselves, where the
physical condition of the ground renders
it possible for a single company of ar
tillery to check the progress of an entire
Spanish army. This is all different in
Puerto Rico, where, except for a small
chain of mountains in the center, which
would afford no natural shelter to the
insurgent army, .the whole face of the
country is a practically level plain.
"Knowing the feelings of the native
Puerto Ricans upon the question of gain
ing independence, the Spanish have
gone to work and erected garrisons
throughout the island, where, the na
tives are watched day and night by
Spanish soldiers with loaded rifles, ready
to shoot down the first man who offers
resentment at the barbarous treatment
And what makes this all the more gall
ing to the Puerto Rican is that he can
not lose sight of the fact that his own
money is wrested from his family to pay
every cent of the enormous cost of his
being chained down in the mire. Not
withstanding the severe watch the Span
ish soldiery keeps upon the natives, a
rigid examination of each native's cellar
or barn would bring to light a satisfac
tory amount of cartridges besides a
sword or two and a gun. These arms the
natives have acquired by ' stealth and
mostly during the night, but they never
dare to let their possessions be seen by
any but their sworn friends.
"The object of these arms is to have
every native equipped in an instant to
kill every Spanish soldier on the island
the moment they learn that the Ameri
can fleet has taken the seaports and the
Spanish army has no chance for re-en
forcements from those placea Besides,
the native Puerto Ricans are confident
that the Spanish army in their own is
land are merely so many bags of wind,
and the moment they are faced with a
really equal foe r they will lay down
their guns and beg sickeningly for mer
cy. The army of Spain in Puerto Rico
has a long record of dastardly ontrages
upon the helpless inhabifcints which the
men of the island will be slow to for
get. As the motto of the American ar
my is Remember the Maine ! ' so wil
our motto be 'iieineniber our wives,
our daughters and our homes! " li. IL
Todd in New York Herald. .
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HAWAII AS A SUPPLY STATION
How the Strategic Value of the Islands Is
Suddenly Enhanced.'
It would bo indeed one of the rc.
mancesof history if the American forces
en route to the Philippines should use
the Hawaiian Islands for a coaling and
supply station and by authority of the
American congress should plant the
flag . even for an hour. Heretofore the
discussion upon annexation has been
largely speculative estimates of the
valueof this port from a strategic point
of view.' 'Even the most earnest debaters
looked only to the distant future for
confirmation of their respective views.
-ftien iiKe beuator White admittea no
combination of circumstances that
would give strategic value to these is
lands. v e believe that no member of
congress who was in favor of or opposed
to annexation ever suggested in debate
the possible contingency of American
soldiers, with cavalry and artillery,
crossing the ocean westward to the
shores of the far east; and making of
Hawaii a campfire and biyouao of their
trackless path.
Suddenly, in the very twinkling of
an eye, this tidal wave of war rises in
the Atlantic, and with the marvelous
speed of such waves moves toward the
Pacific, and may within a few hours
bear into this port on its crest the
American .legions. The daring of Dew
ey's fleet confuses the thoughts of men
and bids fair to change -the map of the
orient The shells of the Baltimore
crumbled the Spanish forts, but, more
'than that, they loosened up some Amer
ican traditions. Marvelous as the rapid
grow tli of the people of tho United
States has been, there are- few better
evidences of its searching "vitality than
the sudden plunge into the orient.
Honolulu Commercial Advertiser.
War Prospects of the Summer Girl.
. The outlook for the summer girl cf
1 898 is gloomy. An exodus of men has be
gun. i The goldfields of the Klondike are
attracting the adventurous and hardy.
They go for the sake of gold. The south
eastern coast 01 the United States is
swarming with soldiers who are eager
to get into Uuba. Tne summer girl is
left alone It seems likely that she will
enjoy her ribbons and laces and pretty
draperies in solitude this year. St.
Louis Republic.
A War yrow.
The gallant Dewey was formerly
?harged with being a "dude. " We may
e pardoned for remarking that such a
dnde'll do. Baltimore Herald.
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of Private Hogan's rifle, penetrated it
and shattered the bone in his left leg,
where it imbedded itself. New York
Evening Journal. ; -
Had Nothing to Say.
You want to be a soldier, Jim? Well, I don't
blame yon, lad.
The fever that has hit you now once monkeyed
with your dad.
I know exactly how you feel you're achln for
a scrap
An want to go an help to wipe ole Spain clean
Off the map.
When I was yonng an fullo' nerve. In eighteen
sixty-one.
J.wasn t half content till I was coupled to a
gun,
An now that you're a-feclin in that same ole
- . hostile way
An want lo emulate your dad I've not a word
to say.
I hope you've reckoned np the cost an counted
it up well,
Pur -war. rfs Gen'ral Sherman said, ain't fur
removed from hell!
You'll find it ain't no picnic, Jim ; you'll soon
find out that you
Won'.t have a hit o' nerve too much In pallia
' jou throuch.
It ain't no circus day affair when shells begin
to bust '
An comrades lay in blood an pain a-writhin In
the dust
An ballets, jes' like maddened bees, zip past
1 in fiendish way, "
But if you have a mind to go I've not a word
to say. ,t
1 want to tell you honest, boy, that thia ain't
no surpriso.
I've seen the sparks of loyal pride a-dancin in
' - your eyes i
An I've been waitin fur a week to hear yon
: make your talk
An show your daddy that yon come o good
ole fihiin stock.
An now, to close the matter up, 1 11 tell yon
farther. Jim; '
Your daddy would have knocked yon oat
you'd a-walioped him
If, when you'd hear your country call, you'd
make a coward play. - j .
I m uroud o' you 1 God bless y on. boy 1 That's
'all I've uot to say.
Indianapolis Journal
- A reff For Cuba.
A doctor up in Ann Arbor says ciga
rette smokers are apt to die off in Cu
ba. Probably he is trying to stop the
enlistment of students, as everybody in
Cuba smokes cigarettes even the wo
men. Toledo Blad.
Hie Test.
The' jpawaiian question is really the
Philippine question. Call the rolL Let
tw see who is for Spain and who for the
United States. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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OUR TAllS IN-MTTLE."
HOW THEY ACT WITH SHELLS BURST-'
ING OVERHEAD.
One or tho Crew of the Terror Flayed a '
naraonlcoc All Onr Sailors Showed Xo
"Fear How the Blan Below Feels In ;
Battle.
During the . recent bombardment of
San Juan the monitor Terror lay for
half an hour within 1,000 yards of the -shore,
with the shells of a dozen or more
Spanish guns whirring about her, burst
ing overhead and sending great geysers
spurting m tho air all around her. All
tho other vessels of the squadron had
moved out to sea, and the little ironclad
was alono, banging away at the bat
teries, which had concentrated their fire
on her. A shell striking the vessel's
open superstructure deck, where the
men were at work at the smaller guns,
would have "caused havoc, While all
this confusion of battle reigned a sailor
spied a harmonicon lying on the deck
close to one of the turrets. The con-
cussion of tho guns had, tumbled it from
its hiding place in the superstructure.
The sailor watched his chaneo, secured
tho musical instrument and went dano-
ing to the upper deck, playing a lively
jig. ' '
"That's the kind of stuff our men are
made of, " said one of tho Terror's offi
cers tho other day as he related the in- .
cident. "As I stood thero figuring that
tho shells were coming a little closer
all tho while, thinking it was about
time for ouo to strike us and wonder-
ing just what it would do when it did,
that fellow came bowling by me blow-
ing his mouth organ as coolly as though
we were in the harbor. Shells didn't
bother him."
But a little while before this tar of
the Terror accompanied the music- of
the Spanish shells with his harmonica "
the Detroit lay in the mouth of the har
bor right under Morro, defying its guns
and pouring shot after shot against the
fort. A shell 6truck the water about
100 yards abaft tho ship. A few min- .
utes later a second shot from the same
gun fell a little closer, a third was still
nearer, and tho fourth narrowly missed
striking the mark.
The officer in chargo of the 6 inch
gun, as he watched the shot creeping
nearer and nearer, coolly remarked: "I
tell you, boys, that's good shooting. Do .
you see how that fellow up there is get- -ting
closer and closer to us? If he keeps
up his good work, he'll hit us. It's cer
tainly good shooting." But tho Span
iard failed to keep up his good work.
From all accounts tho sailors do not
mind Spanish shells a bit They go into
ine uatuo nearx ana soui. j.ney ngnt as
their guns as though the enemy were at
arm's length and the struggle were a
personal one. "Givo it to tho Spaniards !
That's a good 'un ! Another in the same
place'll make 'em sick!" That is the
way they talk in tho thick, of the fray.
But when it is all over and the music
of the shells and the crash of the guns
are but a memory the officers in the safe
ty of the Key West hotel veranda dis
cussing the fight speak respectfully of
8 inch projectiles. j '
"Did I mind it?" said a lieutenant
tho other night, speaking of a particu
lar San Juan shell.
"Well, I was pretty busy at the time
and couldn't give it much attention, but
it did seem to mo as though it went
within about six inches of my head. Ail
I look back upon it now it seems that it
might havo been at least 20 feet over
ma But" He bit viciously at his
cigar, and solemnly shook his head.
Scared V" eaid an engineer of the
Terror, speaking of San Juan. "Well, I
guess I was. It was awfully hot below
and we couldn't seo a thing, and. the
concussion of tho guns and the knowl-.
edge that we wero in a rain of shells
were mighty unpleasant. The cat and I
were very badly frightened, I tell you.
I guess the cat was worso than I; he
mewexl and I . don t think I did. But .
then, you know', tho cat and I were the
only folks on board that minded it.'
New York Sun.
Caoadiau CooJujtlon.
English, to do ; American, -Dewey;
Bpanish, done. Montreal Herald.
Little
Pimples Turn
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Cancer often results from an fan-
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cer. What has appeared to be a mere
pimple or scratch has developed into
the most malignant uancer.
'I had a severe Cancer which was at fir
only a few- blotches, that I thought would
OOII pn wj. m. w mm
treated by several able
physicians, bat In spite
of their effort the Can
cer spread until my con
dition became alarming.
After many months I
treatment and growl j
steadily worse, I de?
elded to try 8. 8. 8.
s.
which was so stronrlr
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. l provement. IeonL
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fflM
tha thehwt Jiwl-
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